Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month periods as calculated by the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.

2014 GPI Player of the Year

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Alex Bilokur

1071.07

-

2

Keven Stammen

1001.05

-

3

Dan Smith

967.99

-

4

Scott Seiver

953.71

-

5

Ole Schemion

951.60

-

6

Daniel Negreanu

946.18

-

7

Mustapha Kanit

940.52

-

8

Byron Kaverman

923.71

-

9

Jacob Schindler

921.97

-

10

Matt Glantz

896.51

-

The Top 10 of the Player of the Year remained unchanged this week with Alex Bilokur still manning the pole position. After a post-World Series of Poker break on the tournament schedule around the world, the action picks up later this month with the European Poker Tour Barcelona and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

GPI 300 Top 10

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Ole Schemion

3997.14

-

2

Daniel Negreanu

3940.54

+1

3

Dan Smith

3,907.02

-1

4

Scott Seiver

3,580.88

-

5

Byron Kaverman

3,497.08

-

6

Jason Mercier

3,480.64

-

7

Paul Volpe

3,464.15

-

8

Alex Bilokur

3,385.89

+1

9

Jacob Schindler

3,253.06

+2

10

Erik Seidel

3,244.80

-2

Jacob Schindler returned to the Top 10 this week, replacing Martin Jacobson who slipped three spots to No. 13. Schindler has racked up numerous big scores in 2014; his biggest, of course, came at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he won the Main Event for $1,192,624.

Ole Schemion clings to his lead in the GPI 300, barely edging out Daniel Negreanu who shifted past Dan Smith into the No. 2 position. Both Schemion and Negreanu are familiar faces on the EPT and the race will undoubletedly heat up as soon as EPT Barcelona kicks off next week.

Welcome to the GPI

Rank

Player

Total Score

192

Chance Kornuth

1870.14

253

Doug Polk

1726.18

274

Ankush Mandavia

1669.11

282

Harrison Gimbel

1650.12

283

Kiryl Radzivonau

1647.05

Chance Kornuth leaps back into the GPI 300 after winning the Bellagio Cup in July and following that up with a final table appearance at the Florida State Poker Championships. Kornuth also finished sixth in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in April for $247,954.

Entering the GPI 300 for the first time ever this week is feared high-stakes cash game player Doug Polk, who won his first WSOP bracelet in June.

Biggest Gains

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

213

David Diaz

1815.89

+54

229

Chad Eveslage

1774.46

+45

119

Ray Qartomy

2159.14

+30

178

Steve Watts

1911.79

+30

227

Tony Cousineau

1776.31

+30

217

Maurice Hawkins

1808.69

+26

134

Daniel Kelly

2105.93

+22

250

Alex Queen

1733.83

+22

Coming off his second-place finish in the WSOP Circuit Main Event in West Palm Beach, David Diaz is the week's biggest climber on the GPI 300. Diaz, who earned $66,000 for his runner-up finish to Tristan Wade in Palm Beach, vaulted 54 spots to No. 213 on the GPI.

Justin Zaki (23rd) and Zo Karim (5th) also made deep runs in Palm Beach and were among the biggest movers of the week.

Biggest Drops

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

251

Richard Lyndaker

1732.53

-52

290

Jake Schwartz

1629.56

-43

287

Phil Ivey

1637.06

-42

50

Mike McDonald

2670.78

-37

284

Jeff Lisandro

1644.07

-35

169

Yevgeniy Timoshenko

1946.28

-29

245

David "ODB" Baker

1748.43

-29

241

Aku Joentausta

1752.23

-28

Despite winning his 10th bracelet at the WSOP in June, Phil Ivey has dropped for the second consecutive week on the GPI list. Ivey's victory at the 2014 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge aged into Period 2 of the GPI formula.

Six months ago Mike McDonald was sitting comfortably in the GPI 300 Top 10, but the Canadian pro has dropped all the way to No. 50 this week. McDonald cashed only once at the WSOP in Las Vegas, and this week he had two massive scores from the 2014 Aussie Millions age into Period 2. Those two cashes in the $100,000 Challenge and $250,000 Challenge combined for AU$3.4 million.

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